The white light lasted for a long time, as if a century had passed, and then slowly dissipated.
Richard reached out and pressed his temple, and his brain gave an accurate answer: the white light lasted only one second.
Is it an illusion... Richard blinked, looked around, and found that Jasmine and her group suddenly disappeared without a trace, and he was in a completely unfamiliar place.
This is an endless snowfield, with thick white snow under your feet. The whole world is white, and nothing else exists.
Turning his head and looking behind him, he saw that the blue door he came in from was completely gone, as if there was no entrance at all.
The eyes emitted a faint blue light, turning on the perspective function of the gazing eye, and Richard looked around again. I found that there was nothing hidden. Everything around me was real, but not so real. It seemed like something was missing that could not be explained.
Was this being transported to a new place by space magic, or was it entering an illusion
Richard was a little confused and couldn't determine the truth for a while.
Continuing to look around, after looking around for a long time, in addition to the vast white, a black shadow appeared in the far distance in front of me, where the sky and the earth met. The black shadow is a bit pointed, like a black tower standing on the horizon, and is the only identifier of this world.
After thinking about it, Richard headed towards where the black tower was.
Considering that during the previous exploration of the ruins, many places were restricted from the air, and they would be hit hard once they left the ground, he did not take the risk of flying over, but stepped forward.
With the magic bonus, the speed is not slow, and he has walked several miles in a short time, but the black tower stands in the distance, showing no signs of getting closer.
It's further than imagined.
Richard frowned and moved forward patiently.
Then ten miles, twenty miles, thirty miles...
After walking for thirty miles, Richard frowned deeply when he saw that the black tower in the distance still showed no sign of getting closer, and the surrounding snow did not change at all. Everything in sight was completely white.
Turning his head, he looked behind him at the footprints he had made along the way. They were slowly being covered by the snowflakes falling from the sky, and all traces were being eliminated.
This place is really weird... Richard couldn't help but think... There's no danger at all, and even if there are any enemies, it's better than this monotonous place now.
The situation now made him couldn't help but recall that in the current world, in the first few years after he was born, it snowed heavily every winter in the Blue Lion Kingdom, and there was nothing to do.
Just when he thought of this, he suddenly heard a sound in the wind and snow next to him.
"Ta-ta-ta, tap-ta-ta!"
The sound was approaching, and it was the sound of a large group of cavalry galloping in the snow.
Turning his head, Richard squinted, and the next moment his eyes widened slightly, and he saw two rows of cavalry appearing, wearing gray-brown armor, with a blue lion printed on the chest - that is the symbol of the Blue Lion Kingdom, that is The cavalry of the Blue Lion Kingdom.
The moment he saw the other party, Richard realized clearly: This was an illusion, an extremely real illusion, an illusion that was almost the same as reality. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain the appearance of the Blue Lion Kingdom cavalry here.
So, what is the purpose of this illusion
Richard's wide eyes narrowed slightly and he saw two teams of cavalry arriving in front of him and stopped in unison.
A cavalry captain dismounted, knelt down on one knee, saluted, and said anxiously: "Your Highness Richard, the palace's celebration is waiting for you. Please go back quickly!"
Putting these words aside, the cavalry captain remounted his horse, roared away with his men, and disappeared into the wind and snow.
Richard watched the other party leave, blinked, and then discovered that there was a white house on the snow a few hundred meters away - because the color of the house was similar to the surrounding environment, you couldn't tell it without looking carefully.
Is this the purpose of the illusion
Richard took a guessing step and approached cautiously. After thinking for a few seconds, he reached out and pushed open the door of the house.
After opening the door, you can see that the space inside is larger than expected. It was like opening a window in the sky of another world, and what you saw was a large square. At the end of the large square was a familiar palace—the palace where he once lived in the Blue Lion Kingdom.
At this time, the palace seemed to have just been renovated and was very new. In the square in front of the palace, many people were making noises, as if they were celebrating something.
A celebration of returning to the palace... Richard said silently in his heart.
Sure enough, he saw another version of himself—a version of himself that was several years younger and still a little immature, escorted by a group of soldiers, walking across the square toward the new palace.
A blond man came forward and greeted his young self politely: "Hello, Your Highness Richard, I am your new guard leader, Edward. From now on, I will use my life to protect you."
His younger self frowned, looked at Edward and asked, "What's your full name?"
"Um, Edward Angelet."
"Are you from the Angelet family? I heard that you have a relative who is doing well with my brother William?"
"Well, it's my distant cousin. I have a long-distance relationship with her."
"That's it." The younger self nodded, ignored anything, and stepped into the palace.
Edward bit his lip and followed with a somewhat uncertain expression. The two teams of soldiers who accompanied him also followed. The people in the square cheered for a long time and then slowly dispersed.
Looking at all this, Richard felt like he was reading his own memory. He blinked and was about to exit, when he suddenly saw his young self walking into the palace and walking out again - this was not the same as the development in his memory.
Richard raised his eyebrows.
After my young self walked out, he didn't do anything. He looked up and looked straight at me, spread his hands, and asked with a loud smile: "Hey, me over there, do you think everything happening now is too ridiculous?"
ridiculous
Richard looked deeply for a moment, thought for a few seconds, and replied slowly: "It's not ridiculous. If you treat it as a game, it's actually quite interesting."
"A game? Hmm." The young man seemed to have heard it and nodded, "It makes some sense."
"There is some truth, there is some truth, there is indeed some truth..." The young man muttered to himself as he walked into the palace again.
Richard waited patiently for a while, making sure that the young man would not come out again, silently retreated, closed the open door with a bang, and returned to the snowy field.
Turning his head to one side, he saw that the black tower that was far away in the horizon suddenly got closer and became a little bigger.
In addition, a new house appeared a few hundred meters away.
After looking at the new house for a few times, Richard pursed his lips and had some guesses about what the current illusion was about, but he was not completely sure yet.
After thinking for a few seconds, he took a deep breath and walked over with a bit of testing mentality.